Politics

The New Cold War Is Now Being Waged on Three Fronts: Ukraine, Europe and Syria

The New Cold War Is Now Being Waged on Three Fronts: Ukraine, Europe and Syria The New Cold War Is Now Being Waged on Three Fronts: Ukraine, Europe and Syria

It need not be on any of them.

Oct 7, 2015 / Stephen F. Cohen

Laurie Anderson Guantanamo

Laurie Anderson’s Guantánamo Installation Goes Where Obama Fears to Tread Laurie Anderson’s Guantánamo Installation Goes Where Obama Fears to Tread

The US government has abdicated its role in prosecuting those responsible for torture following 9/11. It has fallen on civil society to take up the charge.

Oct 7, 2015 / John Knefel

These People Are the Secret to Bernie Sanders’s Success

These People Are the Secret to Bernie Sanders’s Success These People Are the Secret to Bernie Sanders’s Success

Sanders leads Hillary Clinton by a comfortable margin in New Hampshire, and he has almost caught her in nationwide fundraising. How did he do it?

Oct 7, 2015 / Feature / D.D. Guttenplan

I Want My Progressive TV! What If MSNBC Dumps the Left?

I Want My Progressive TV! What If MSNBC Dumps the Left? I Want My Progressive TV! What If MSNBC Dumps the Left?

The cable answer to Fox News is slowly shrinking from the fight. Can digital outlets fill the void?

Oct 7, 2015 / Feature / Leslie Savan

East Lansing union protest

The US Tells Other Countries to Respect Unions—Shouldn’t the US Do the Same? The US Tells Other Countries to Respect Unions—Shouldn’t the US Do the Same?

This country needs a Workplace Democracy Act to assure that workers who join unions do not face retaliation and barriers to collective bargaining.

Oct 6, 2015 / John Nichols

Bernie on TPP

Tell the Democratic Party: We Need More Debates Tell the Democratic Party: We Need More Debates

With only six primary debates scheduled, the DNC is doing the party—and our democracy— a disservice.

Oct 6, 2015 / NationAction

Anti-abortion activists

The War on Planned Parenthood The War on Planned Parenthood

Lives in the balance must be defended.

Oct 6, 2015 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

A TPP Deal Is Finally Reached, but Don’t Assume It Will Pass Congress

A TPP Deal Is Finally Reached, but Don’t Assume It Will Pass Congress A TPP Deal Is Finally Reached, but Don’t Assume It Will Pass Congress

Election-year pressures and the deal’s actual details may yet scuttle final passage of TPP.

Oct 5, 2015 / George Zornick

Hillary Clinton Is Running to Bernie Sanders’s Left on This One Issue

Hillary Clinton Is Running to Bernie Sanders’s Left on This One Issue Hillary Clinton Is Running to Bernie Sanders’s Left on This One Issue

Clinton just came out with a tough plan to tighten gun laws. Will Sanders stick to his guns—or try a new approach?

Oct 5, 2015 / Joan Walsh

‘The Washington Post’ Finally Finds a War It Won’t Cheer

‘The Washington Post’ Finally Finds a War It Won’t Cheer ‘The Washington Post’ Finally Finds a War It Won’t Cheer

The Post is coming down hard against Russia’s operations in Syria.

Oct 5, 2015 / James Carden

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